This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Jess: A Grand Collage, 1951–1993," which was on view at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery from September 12 to October 31, 1993. The exhibition also traveled to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
The publication features essays by exhibition organizer and Chief Curator Michael Auping, Robert J. Bertholf, and Michael Palmer.